Publisher Visit: Barry Cunningham of Chicken House Books

Friday 13 March 2026, 4:00pm to 5:30pm

Venue

LIC - LICA A36 - View Map

Open to

All Lancaster University (non-partner) students, Alumni, Applicants, External Organisations, Families and young people, Postgraduates, Prospective International Students, Prospective Postgraduate Students, Prospective Undergraduate Students, Public, Staff, Undergraduates

Registration

Registration not required - just turn up

Ticket Price

Free

Event Details

Barry Cunningham OBE is a British publisher, who worked for various publishers including Penguin Books and Bloomsbury before setting up Chicken House publishing in 2000. He is most well known for signing J. K. Rowling and publishing Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone in 1997.

Barry Cunningham OBE is a British publisher, who worked for various publishers including Penguin Books and Bloomsbury before setting up Chicken House publishing in 2000. He is most well known for signing J. K. Rowling and publishing Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone in 1997.

Contact Details

Name Tajinder Hayer
Email

t.hayer@lancaster.ac.uk

Directions to LIC - LICA A36

LICA A36 (the Imagination Lab) is located on the ground floor in LICA. Walk into the foyer and turn right.